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700 firefighters work to douse massive Dhaka wholesale market fire
Dhaka: About 700 firefighters continued working on Wednesday to completely douse a massive blaze that erupted at the Bangabazar in Dhaka — the biggest wholesale market in Bangladesh — 36 hours ago.…
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Massive fire erupts at Bangladesh’s biggest wholesale market
Dhaka: A massive fire erupted on Tuesday at the Bangabazar in Dhaka — the biggest wholesale market in Bangladesh, officials said, adding that that the blaze has spread to more than six…
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Dhaka explosion toll raises to 18, Bangladesh govt sets up probe
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Wednesday that the country has sufficient expertise to carry out an investigation into the powerful explosion that ripped through a multi-storey building in a crowded…
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Bangladesh: 16 killed, over 100 injured as explosion rocks 7-storey building in Dhaka
Dhaka: At least 16 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful “earthquake-like” explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh’s capital city, police…
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Bangladesh withdraws duty on sugar import to stabilise local market
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) withdrew import duty on both raw and refined sugar in order to enable consumers to get the sweetener at reduced rates. In a notification, NBR…
- Bangalore
Bangladesh ‘constrained’ to abstain from vote on UNGA resolution on Ukraine
Dhaka: Bangladesh was “constrained” to abstain from the UNGA vote on Ukraine as it believes that the resolution lacked “intensive” diplomatic engagement and “dialogue” between the parties involved in the conflict, a…
- Middle East
Flydubai Dubai-Dhaka flight diverted to Karachi as passenger dies midair
Abu Dhabi: A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Dhaka was diverted to Karachi after a passenger passed away mid-journey on Saturday, February 18. According to the flydubai, its flight FZ 523 from…
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Fire breaks out at high-rise building in Bangladesh capital Dhaka
Dhaka: A devastating fire broke out at a multi-storied building in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, with no death reported so far. At least seven fire engines were fighting the fire on the sixth…
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Bangladesh to hold presidential election by Feb 23: Poll body
Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold the presidential election by February 23, the country’s poll body announced. The announcement was made by the Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Jahangir Alam at a news conference…
- Delhi
HC asks parties to resolve dispute over release of Hansal Mehta’s Faraaz
New Delhi: Hearing a plea by the family members of the victims of a 2016 terrorist attack in Dhaka against the release of Hansal Mehta’s film which is said to be based…
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BNP-Jamaat procession in Dhaka, violence feared
Dhaka: Residents of Dhaka fear bloody clashes as the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami staged a mass procession in the capital city on Friday. Activists of the ruling Awami League…
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Bangladesh plans to build 6 more metro rail lines in capital by 2030
Dhaka: Bangladeshi Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the country is to construct six more metro rail lines in the capital Dhaka by 2030. He added on Thursday that…
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Bangladesh doesn’t want foreign interference in internal affairs: FM
Dhaka: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that his country does not want any foreign interference in Dhaka’s internal affairs. “We’re a mature country. We’re a sovereign country. We are an…
- Sports
KL Rahul defends decision to not play third spinner
Dhaka: Stand-in skipper KL Rahul backed the team’s decision to not play Kuldeep Yadav in the second Test after India completed a 2-0 series victory in the series. Bangladesh were effectively 26/6…
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2nd Test, Day 2: Pant, Iyer slam fifties, leave India on the verge of taking lead
Dhaka: Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer slammed counter-attacking fifties to put India on the verge of taking the lead at the end of the second session in the Dhaka Test against Bangladesh.…
